Happy New Year! As we look back on 2025, we wanted to see what your favorite books to read were this past year. Below, we've made a list of the top book titles that circulated (that means you checked them out and read them!) in 2025. Have you read any of these books? Maybe there are some titles that surprise you, or there's something missing from this list that was one of your personal favorites this year.
Click on the title of each book to go to our online catalog. From there, learn more about each title and see if you want to add it to your reading list for 2026! Be sure to also check out ebook and audiobook formats that are available on Libby and Hoopla.
You can also check out our Winter Reading Warmup Challenge on Beanstack! From January 1 to March 15, log the books you read and win some amazing prizes. Sign up from your phone or computer through Beanstack, or ask a staff member at the library to help you sign up. We hope you'll help us reach our goal of 2,026 books read!
Adult Fiction
- The Women, by Kristin Hannah
- The Writer, by James Patterson and J.D. Barker
- To Die For, by David Baldacci
- A Mother’s Love, by Danielle Steele
- The Wedding People: A Novel, by Alison Espach
- James: A Novel, by Percival Everett
- Never Say Never: A Novel, by Danielle Steele
- Paranoia, by James Patterson and James O. Born
- Holmes is Missing: A Holmes, Margaret and Poe Mystery, by James Patterson
- A Mind of Her Own, by Danielle Steele
- The Hamptons Lawyer, by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
- Remarkably Bright Creatures: A Novel, by Shelby van Pelt
- The House of Cross, by James Patterson
- Nightshade, by Michael Connelly
- My Friends, by Fredrik Backman
Adult Nonfiction
- The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool that Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About, by Mel Robbins
- The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness, by Jonathan Haidt
- Abundance, by Ezra Klein
- Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering, by Malcolm Gladwell
- All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me, by Patrick Bringley
- The 48 Laws of Power, by Robert Greene
- Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism, by Sarah Wynn-Williams
- Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher
- Sonny Boy, a Memoir, by Al Pacino
- The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, by Tim Alberta
- Day of Deceit: The Truth About FDR and Pearl Harbor, by Robert B. Stinnett
- Grief and Renewal: Finding Beauty and Balance in Loss, by Miguel Ruiz
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli
- Take Control of your Cancer Risk, by John J. Whyte
- The Arthur Avenue Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from the Real Little Italy, by Ann Volkwein
Young Adult/Teen
- It’s Not Summer Without You: A Summer Novel, by Jenny Han
- The Summer I Turned Pretty, by Jenny Han
- One of Us is Lying, by Karen McManus
- We’ll Always Have Summer: A Summer Novel, by Jenny Han
- A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, by Holly Jackson
- Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer
- The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
- Sunrise on the Reaping, by Suzanne Collins
- Better than the Movies, by Lynn Painter
- The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
- The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Maze Runner, by James Dashner
- Chainsaw Man: Volume 1, by Tatsuki Fujimoto
- The Hawthorne Legacy, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Juvenile/Children's
- Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man: Grime and Punishment, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man 13: Big Jim Begins, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man 7: For Whom the Ball Rolls, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man 6: Brawl of the Wild, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man and Cat Kid, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man 10: Mothering Heights, by Dav Pilkey
- Hot Mess, by Jeff Kinney
- Dog Man 12: the Scarlet Shredder, by Dav Pilkey
- Cat Kid Comic Club, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man Unleashed, by Dav Pilkey
- Dog Man 11: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea, by Dav Pilkey
- Cat Kid Comic Club 5: Influencers, by (you guessed it) Dav Pilkey
Alison Robles, a Yonkers native, received an MS in Information and Library Science from the University at Buffalo. She works at the Crestwood Library and is an avid reader with a passion for YA lit, historical fiction, and fantasy.